FACTBOX-Latest on the worldwide spread of coronavirus

* Malaysia's prime minister said he will self quarantine for 14 days after a minister who attended a high-level government meeting on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19. * Restrictions in New Zealand's largest city will be lifted this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said as she expressed confidence a second wave of infections in Auckland has been almost eliminated.

Roughly one in 10 people may have been infected with the coronavirus, leaving the vast majority of the population vulnerable as the world heads into a "difficult period", the World Health Organization said.

DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * For an interactive graphic tracking the global spread of COVID-19, open https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-maps/ in an external browser.

* Eikon users, see MacroVitals cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?navid=1592404098 for a case tracker and summary of news. EUROPE

* British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to play down a failure in England's COVID-19 testing data system that delayed 15,841 results, saying the much higher updated figures were more in line with forecasts of the outbreak's spread. * Moscow schools began unplanned holidays and businesses were required to have at least 30% of their staff working remotely, as cases across Russia hit their highest level since May 12.

* Madrid residents were largely going about business as usual on Monday despite a prohibition on non-essential travel in the first European capital to return to lockdown. * Ireland's government faced political and business resistance to a surprise recommendation by health chiefs for Europe's first major second wave national lockdown.

* Iceland ordered bars, gyms and entertainment venues to close and sharply cut the number of people allowed to gather in public. AMERICAS

* U.S. President Donald Trump began a fourth day at the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19, as his condition remained unclear and outside experts warned his case may be severe. * The renewed effort in the U.S. Congress to reach a fresh deal to pump relief funds into the pandemic-hit economy has been further complicated by the news that the President and three Senate Republicans have tested positive.

* The Brazilian military wrapped up a three-week operation that provided medical care to the Amazon's Guajajara tribe hit by COVID-19, in response to criticism that Brazil was not protecting vulnerable indigenous people from the pandemic. ASIA-PACIFIC

* Australia's coronavirus hotspot of Victoria will look into ways to increase testing for the disease to control its spread ahead of easing of lockdown restrictions. * Malaysia's prime minister said he will self quarantine for 14 days after a minister who attended a high-level government meeting on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19.

* Restrictions in New Zealand's largest city will be lifted this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said as she expressed confidence a second wave of infections in Auckland has been almost eliminated. MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

* The United Arab Emirates has resumed granting work permits for foreigners employed by government and semi-government entities as well as entry permits for domestic workers. * A drastic rise in infections has pushed Lebanon's hospitals to the edge, and experts warn they will soon be unable to cope.

* Iran registered a record high 3,902 new cases in the past 24 hours. ECONOMIC IMPACT

* Wall Street gained ground and crude prices rose as investor risk appetite was stoked by renewed stimulus optimism and news of President Donald Trump's health progress. * The euro zone's economic recovery faltered in September with growing evidence sectors and countries in the bloc are diverging as a resurgence of the coronavirus forces the reimposition of restrictions on activity.

* Italy's economy minister said he was confident a European plan to help the bloc's recovery from the pandemic would come into force early in 2021. (Compiled by Milla Nissi and Vinay Dwivedi; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu, Kirsten Donovan)